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Lydia, would one of these work? They are meant to be suitable for any dashboard:
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I've just got back from seeing a friend and meeting their bump (not long to go). And got back to a good news update (incl. a first photo) from another friend who had her baby this week, but is still in hospital.
Feeling very warm and fuzzy (must be because I had the heater on in the car...
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Good health is simple:
- don't be fat
- eat loads of veggies and fruit
- don't drink too much
- exercise every day (a brisk walk is enough)
- don't smoke
Everything else is flim flam. If you do those then you'll add an extra 5-10 healthy years to your life. Other things might add a few weeks to life expectancy if that.
I would add limited consumption of refined carbohydrates and sugar.....but that could go into the 'don't be fat' line.
Yorkie got there 1st.
My mother checked every box above and it was only due to her overall good health that she could have a 10.5 hour liver op at the age of 75.
If MIL had had to have that op, she wouldn't have survived the anaesthetic. MIL doesn't check any of the above boxes....maybe the drink one as she isn't a big drinker of alcohol but takes so many pills (including serotonin / dopamine altering ones) we call her Nanny Maraca. She is 70 and just had a new knee 'installed' but was also diagnosed as being 'pre diabetic'.
Oh asked her if they gave her any diet advice and she said 'no'. They just gave her some Vit D.
I have an update on my Dad who has a prostate tumour and he, again, checks all 5 in the list. It isn't anywhere else in his body and is unlikely to spread. Radio therapy and a hormone treatment are shrinking it so that he can urinate without a catheter. Looking at him you wouldn't think he had a disease at all...he says he feels fine too.Am I the only NP who abhors mushy peas then? :undecided
Can't stand them either. I don't mind the dried ones in a Pea + Ham soup a la Spirit but usually use yellow split peas instead to give it a rather...um, sicky appearance.
> Lir; Good news on the pills.0 -
Thank you CK, Gen and silvercar.
The beanbag things seem to get very mixed reviews - some people say they work wonderfully but others say they slide around. I wonder if they work best on cars with flatter dashboards than mine. I'm grateful for the suggestions but I have become disillusioned with things that say they will stay in place but won't in my particular car.
I've thought some more about michaels's idea about suctioning it to the little triangular window, but I'd really prefer to keep the phone in the centre of the car. If I have my kids with me I like to be able to give the phone to them and ask them to put the destination into the satnav app for me as I start driving, and I also get them to answer it for me if it rings when I am driving so I don't have to pull over, so the holder needs to be within reach of the passenger seat.
The folks over on the motoring board are overwhelmingly recommending a Brodit Proclip, so I think I'll get one of those. It's not cheap, but I'm at the stage where I don't want to waste any more money on cheap solutions that don't actually work for me. I'm going to go for the angled mount, which will put the phone beside the stereo where it won't obstruct the windscreen or any of the vents, and will be conveniently close to the 12V socket.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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Rebember (as The Girl says) the plural of anecdote is anecdotes not data.
Oh yes...just thought I would throw it in there, some get a rum deal whilst some others seem to get the luck.
The rest of us are normal and follow the averages.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I just look at a map before I leave home - and remember it.
I can't remember visual information well enough to do that for a long journey.
I used to think that satnavs were for wimps because I can read a map. But I have come to realise that yes, I can read a map, and I can also drive a car, but I can't safely do both at the same time. I also appreciate the way the satnav app will tell me how long it thinks the journey is going to take, and reroute me if the traffic is bad on the obvious route and an alternative would be faster.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
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Satnavs are cheap now and frankly I wouldn't drive without one, although I am also the sort of person who would drive off a cliff if the satnav said so. Probably...0
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PasturesNew wrote: »Only one thing for it then .... Mr Heath Robinson, who lives at my house, says this is a job for a strip of velcro on the dash and the back of the phone
Nothing sticks to the bumpy curved surface of the dash hard enough to support the weight of the phone. That's the problem.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Nothing sticks to the bumpy curved surface of the dash hard enough to support the weight of the phone. That's the problem.
You couldn't just turn off the vent the phone is currently in?
I suppose that hot air definitely is bad for phones?
Insulation? (Bit of bubble wrap, maybe.)No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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